{"id":14469,"date":"2023-09-09T01:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14469"},"modified":"2025-04-02T20:51:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T15:21:15","slug":"a400m-atlas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/a400m-atlas\/","title":{"rendered":"What is A400M Atlas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About A400M Atlas:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>multi-national four-engine turboprop\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The aircraft is\u00a0<strong>manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space<\/strong>, a division of the European aerospace and defence firm Airbus.<\/li>\n<li>It was\u00a0<strong>designed to meet the requirements of the Belgium, French, German, Spanish, Turkish, Luxembourg and UK\u00a0<\/strong>air forces.<\/li>\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>multi-role aircraft<\/strong> that serves as both a tactical airlifter and a strategic airlifter.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It can\u00a0<strong>carry up to 37 tons of cargo<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>be used for transport, air-to-air refueling, and paratroop missions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The A400M\u2019s\u00a0<strong>normal operating speed is 555km\/h<\/strong>, but it can reach a\u00a0<strong>maximum speed of 780km\/h.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The aircraft\u00a0<strong>weighs approximately 76,500kg,<\/strong> and the\u00a0<strong>maximum take-off weight is 141,000kg.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It stands out for its\u00a0<strong>ability to carry oversized cargo, including vehicles and helicopters.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The A400M\u00a0<strong>cockpit is fully night-vision compatible<\/strong> and provides\u00a0<strong>accommodation for two pilots and an additional crew member<\/strong> for special mission equipment operations.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0<strong>can carry 116 paratroops and airdrop them and their equipment\u00a0<\/strong>either by parachute or gravity extraction.<\/li>\n<li>It c<strong>an be converted into a tactical tanker<\/strong> that has the\u00a0<strong>ability to refuel a range of aircraft and helicopters.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is a turboprop engine?<\/h3>\n<p>A turboprop engine, short for &#8220;turbine propeller&#8221; engine, is a type of aircraft propulsion system that combines elements of both a jet engine and a conventional propeller-driven engine. Turboprop engines are commonly used in aircraft designed for short to medium-haul flights, such as regional airliners, cargo planes, military transport aircraft, and some turboprop-powered general aviation aircraft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicworld.com\/india-news\/general-news\/airbus-proposes-a400m-atlas-capable-of-reshaping-indias-strategic-airlift-capabilities-articleshow.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Airbus Proposes A400M Atlas Capable Of Reshaping India&#8217;s Strategic Airlift Capabilities<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A400M Atlas is a multi-national four-engine turboprop <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14469","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}